Anne Frank & Miep Gies are heroes to Freedom Writers founder and teacher, Erin Gruwell.Captain Nemo inspired hero, Dr. Robert Ballard to explore the sea.Clarence Darrow is Morris Dees' hero.Curtis Mayfield who is Doreen Van Lee's hero, was an influential singer and songwriter.
Dan & Amy Eldon are not only Kathy Eldon's children; they are also her heroes.Dan Eldon inspired
Kathy Eldon with
his art, his poetry
and his life.		Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays mentored Reverend Calvin O. Butts, who is now pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, NY.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Congressman John Lewis talks about how Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired him as a young man during the Civil Rights Movement
Duke Ellington inspires Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Wynton Marsalis.Errol Flynn is legendary Marvel Comics founder Stan Lee's hero and inspired many of Lee's heroes.Explorers Among Robert Ballard's heroes are Jason and the Argonauts, Captain Nemo, Captain Cook and Joseph Campbell.Fridtjof Nansen is Steve Fossett's hero.
Heroic Women
Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai writes about the heroic women who have inspired her.		Jimmy Carter
For as long as she can remember, Sherry Lansing has considered President Carter her hero.		Joan of Arc was poet Christine de Pisan's hero.Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta is Kerry Kennedy's hero because of his human rights work in East Timor.
Joseph Rotblat is a hero and a friend to Nobel Peace Prize-winning doctor, Bernard Lown.My Father, Arthur Newman Actor, businessman, philanthropist Paul Newman on his dad.My Father, Ronald Reagan talks about his father's examples and those of the Tibetan Monks and Nelson MandelaMy Father, Rupfure Thomas & Nelson Mandela and Rupfure Thomas are heroes to lifesaver Paul Rusesabagina.
My Sister: Jennifer Bird Women's basketball star Sue Bird talks about her sister and her hero: Jen BirdMy Teachers : Billie Jean King honors her teachers in her essay featured in My Hero.Nelson Mandela is Muhammad Ali's hero because he understands what it means to fight against enormous oddsNelson Mandela Children's troubadour Raffi writes about his hero, Nelson Mandela
Paul Robeson's Heroes include Denmark Vesey, Frederick Douglass, and Jawarahal Nehru.Saint Francis of Assisi was a true example of harmonious existence on EarthThe Concept of Heroes is the topic of Elie Wiesel's essay, published in My Hero Extraordinary People on the Heroes Who Inspire ThemVedran Smailovic 'The Cellist of Sarajevo,' is Peacemaker Jason Crowe's hero.
   
William Beebe Sylvia Earle's hero, was a deep-sea diver and naturalist.   

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